This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. The award was introduced in 1970 and was awarded sporadically until its permanent feature from 1995 onwards. Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington currently hold the record for most wins in this category, with four each.
Winners and nominees [ ]
For each year in the tables below, the winner is listed first and highlighted in bold.
1970s [ ]
1980s [ ]
1990s [ ]
2000s [ ]
2010s [ ]
2020s [ ]
Multiple wins and nominations [ ]
Wins [ ]
4 wins
Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington
3 wins
2 wins
Nominations [ ]
8 nominations
5 nominations
Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington
Forest Whitaker
4 nominations
Cedric the Entertainer
Charles S. Dutton
Danny Glover
Terrence Howard
3 nominations
Anthony Anderson
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Idris Elba
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Samuel L. Jackson
David Oyelowo
2 nominations
Chadwick Boseman
Mos Def
Jamie Foxx
Djimon Hounsou
Lenny Kravitz
Delroy Lindo
Anthony Mackie
Blair Underwood
Nate Parker
Mario Van Peebles
Ving Rhames
Clarence Williams III
References [ ]
^ "1970 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "1972 Image Awards" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
^ "1977 Image Awards" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
^ "1982 Image Awards" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
^ "1983 Image Awards" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
^ "1985 Image Awards" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
^ "1988 Image Awards" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
^ Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 21 January 2017 .
^ "1990 Image Award Winners" . IMDb . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "1991 Image Awards" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
^ "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced" .
^ "1992 Image Awards" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
^ "1995 Image Award Winners" . IMDb . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 21 January 2017 .
^ "1997 Image Award Winners" . IMDb . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "1998 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "The Crisis" . The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017 .
^ "2000 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2001 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2002 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2003 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2004 Image Award Winners" . IMDb . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2005 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2006 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2007 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2008 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2009 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2010 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2011 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2012 Image Award Winners" . Awards and Winners . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ "2016 Image Winners" . Variety . 6 February 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
^ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated" . Deadline . Retrieved January 2, 2017 .
^ "NAACP Image Awards: 'Marshall,' 'Get Out,' 'Girls Trip' Dominate Film Nominations" . The Hollywood Reporter . January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List" . Variety . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
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Redd Foxx (1970)
No Award (1971)
Roscoe Lee Browne (1972)
No Awards (1973–1976)
DeWayne Jessie (1977)
No Awards (1978–1981)
Moses Gunn (1982)
Scatman Crothers (1983)
No Award (1984)
Denzel Washington (1985)
Denzel Washington (1986)
Mario Van Peebles (1987)
Arsenio Hall (1988)
Ossie Davis (1989)
Denzel Washington (1990)
No Awards (1991–1993)
Al Freeman Jr. (1994)
No Award (1995)
Laurence Fishburne (1996)
Samuel L. Jackson (1997)
Morgan Freeman (1998)
Morgan Freeman (1999)
Terrence Howard (2000)
Blair Underwood (2001)
Jamie Foxx (2002)
Denzel Washington (2003)
Morgan Freeman (2004)
Morgan Freeman (2005)
Terrence Howard (2006)
Djimon Hounsou (2007)
Denzel Washington (2008)
Columbus Short (2009)
Adam Rodriguez (2010)
Samuel L. Jackson (2011)
Mike Epps (2012)
Samuel L. Jackson (2013)
David Oyelowo (2014)
Common (2015)
O'Shea Jackson Jr. (2016)
Mahershala Ali (2017)
Idris Elba (2018)
Michael B. Jordan (2019)
Jamie Foxx (2020)
Chadwick Boseman (2021)